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South River
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borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Middlesex
- Incorporated
- February 28, 1898
- Type
- Borough
- Body
- Borough Council
- Mayor
- Peter Guindi ( R , term ends December 31, 2027)
- Administrator
- Arthur Londensky
- Municipal clerk
- Alyssa Guglietti
- Total
- 2.94 sq mi (7.61 km )
- Land
- 2.78 sq mi (7.21 km )
- Water
- 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km ) 5.27%
- Rank
- 336th of 564 in state, 17th of 25 in county
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 16,392
- Density
- 5,787.4/sq mi (2,234.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
South River Borough, NJ | Official Website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- South River
- Population
- 16118
- Area
- 7.55662
- Elevation
- 8
- Official website
- www.southrivernj.org
- Image
- SouthRiverNJ1936.jpg
- Households
- 5905
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- Commons category
- South River, New Jersey
- postal code
- 08882
- water as percent of area
- 5.098
- per capita income
- 35270
- date of incorporation
- 1898-02-28
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South River is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 16,118, an increase of 110 (+0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 16,008, which in turn reflected an increase of 686 (+4.5%) from the 15,322 counted in the 2000 census.
What is now South River was originally formed as the town of Washington within East Brunswick Township on February 23, 1870. South River was incorporated as an independent borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1898, replacing Washington town. It was named after the Raritan River's South River tributary, which marks the borough's eastern and northeastern boundary.